Multiple fantasy authors converge on Sanctuary, a decaying city at the ragged edge of an empire, where thieves, mercenaries, wizards, and rival gods jostle for a living in the same crowded streets and shared continuity. This debut anthology, edited by Robert Asprin, introduces the low-fantasy shared-world format Thieves' World would become known for: everyone's characters bump into everyone else's, and Sanctuary's grime is the one constant.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Thieves' World — #1
Contents
- 1Introduction (Thieves' World)short story
- 2Sentences of Deathnovelette
- 3The Face of Chaosnovelette
- 4The Gate of the Flying Knivesnovella
- 5A Few Remarks by Furtwan Coinpinch, Merchantshort story
- 6Shadowspawnnovelette
- 7The Price of Doing Businessnovelette
- 8Blood Brothersnovelette
- 9Myrtisnovelette
- 10The Secret of the Blue Starnovelette